EclipseCon 2004, Anaheim CA

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Conference Summary

The first ever EclipseCon was an
exciting event that demonstrated the vitality of
the Eclipse ecosystem. Sponsored by 22
companies, EclipseCon 2004 attracted hundreds of
developers representing nearly 225 companies and
23 countries who came together to exchange
information and ideas about the Eclipse
platform.

Standing room only was available at each of the
five keynotes, which were delivered by prominent
leaders in the developer community. Topics and
keynoters were as follows: "The Eclipse State
of the Union" by Erich Gamma, Eclipse JDT
lead and John Wiegand of the Eclipse Platform,
"Eclipse as a Platform for AOSD Research and
Development" by Gregor Kiczales, NSERC/Xerox/Sierra
Systems Professor of Software Design, University
of British Columbia, "The Eclipse.org Tipping
Point" by Michael Tiemann, CTO, RedHat,
"From IDE to XDE to CDE" by Grady Booch,
Chief Scientist, IBM Rational and lastly "The
Business of Open Source" by Simon Phipps,
Chief Technology Evangelist for Sun Microsystems,
Inc.

In addition, all tutorials were well attended and
the large number of attendees took advantage of
various technical sessions, sponsor exhibits,
technology exchanges, a poster gallery and
birds-of-a-feather events. EclipseCon 2004 was the
first technical conference to focus on the power
of the Eclipse platform, which recently celebrated
its 2-year anniversary. Last week, the Eclipse
organization also announced its reorganization
into a not-for-profit corporation. Eclipse is now
an independent body made up of over 58 member
companies that will drive the platform's evolution
to benefit the providers of software development
offerings and end-users. With more than 18 million
download requests recorded since its inception,
adoption of the Eclipse platform continues to
accelerate.